Missing and murdered women inquiry to test government secrecy

Even with this exceptional inquiry getting underway, expectations for greater and more routine disclosure under Trudeau are just not there.

Treasury Board President Scott Brison made it clear earlier this year that more, not less, secrecy roadblocks will be imposed, and that ministerial discretion over what government data gets released will increase, writes Ken Rubin.The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY KEN RUBIN

August 22, 2016

OTTAWA—The announced national inquiry on Canadian missing and murdered indigenous women will test just how much information authorities can still hide.

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